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Monday, May 20, 2013

Quilt Market Schoolhouse

Good Monday to you all!! Here's my Spring Market recap.
My disclaimer: Quilt market is for quilt pattern/fabric etc retailers. I am not a retailer so this is an ordinary quilters recap.
A quilt shop owner was sweet enough to let me register with her. (Thanks Pat!)

We arrived early Thursday to choose our Schoolhouse workshops. These went from 10:20- 6:00 and varied in length from 15-30 minutes. My blog today: Photo heavy; words light

This quilt was pretty appealing although I did NOT take the workshop...New info concerning this quilt. It is made my Joyce Lawrence Cambron. Isn't is fascinating?! Her schoolhouse was titled "Rethinking Curved Piecing" and if you click on that title you'll be brought to a you tube video with the same title! (see you don't even have to be at Quilt Market to take a class from her) If you like what you see Joyce can also be found on Facebook. Thank you Joyce for letting me know.

Australian Helen Stubbings from Hugs N Kisses. She was super charming and touts the use of 50% soluble paper that can be washed and left in applique or hexagons. A wonderful product, imho!! Go to her website if you want more information.

Helen Stubbings

Next up was Jo Morton and Andover fabrics.

The guys holding the quilts didn't do a great job so I had to snap fast!

Love the striped sashing and the basket setting.

I had no idea Jo was doing batiks!

Look for this BOM with fabrics by Jo only available with this BOM.

I was a mile away from Edyta Sitar, Laundry Basket Quilts, but I liked her so much. She is not only a wonderful designer and talented quilter but quite a business woman! I talked to her later at her booth and she knew all about Sven the Gnome! I guess you never know who might be reading your blog! lol

How did I end up in Tula Pink's schoolhouse? I'd heard the name and the description said tell a story with a 100 block sampler quilt. If you've read my blog for any length of time you know I'm a sucker for sampler quilts. This isn't what I expected, but I was pleasantly entertained by Tula! It was standing room only and it's obvious she's got a following.

After this full day we still had sample spree that night, which I had only heard about! I'm so glad we had a bottle of wine while waiting in line......lol

Who knew Sven had such a following? : )Oh, Betsy's quilts are wonderful!!I was a little surprised to hear you were in Tula Pink's class, but it is nice to broaden your horizons.As a follow up to Randy's comment, I'll say I am jealous. But I will try to stifle that and be really happy for you!

I love Betsy's quilts too, and have one in her latest book I have a mind to make once I get a few more UFO's out of the way!! What a great show, and to see some of those spectacular quilts in person would have been so inspiring!!!! Lucky you to get to go to this event!!!

I am so glad to see your market pictures. There have not been very many yet on the blogs. I have watched Edyta Sitar on the internet and find her very interesting and seems like she would be fun to take a class with.

What a fabulous experience for you and for the rest of us to see your photos. I appreciate seeing and hearing about market from a quilters perspective. There's some wonderful patterns and ideas heading to our local shops. Thanks for sharing.

You gave an great summary with wonderful pictures. Schoolhouse is my favorite day at market. I just love the excitement, and the craziness. The quilts, the speakers, the new stuff. sigh.....I took a workshop with Helen and she is fun. I never made it to sample spree, if I get to another market, I will go no matter how long the line. Glad you had fun.

Thanks for all the eye candy! Sure wish I could have been there. Most of the many pictures I've seen from market are of all the brights, moderns, etc. You have pictures that appeal to me so much more!!!!! I started to wonder whether or not there was anyone there with traditional quilts and reproduction fabrics.

Hi Lori! Were you on the front row of my Scholhouse presentation...on my right? Darn the 15 minute time limit, would have loved to talk to you.Glad you enjoyed my show and story! and thanks for showing my quilts!!!

You had a great time and TULA is so fun to watch and listen to. Her take on Quilting and fabrics is very different from the traditional that I am drawn to. I had to use a few of her fabrics in my Farmer's wife just to fussy cut and tease the future generation who see it.

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